Cannot reinstall game -data error cyclic redundancy check
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: minonda on 2009 August 01, 03:25:35
If my hard drive were shot, wouldn't I see other evidence besides the game not installing? I was able to install it last night.
I was talking about your CD drive.
minonda:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2009 August 01, 05:20:10
Quote from: minonda on 2009 August 01, 03:25:35
If my hard drive were shot, wouldn't I see other evidence besides the game not installing? I was able to install it last night.
I was talking about your CD drive.
Oh sorry. Zaphod said "hard drive" so I thought that's what you meant when you said "drive." I will humiliate myself publicly by admitting that it turned out that the disk needed to be cleaned. After I did that, the game installed. The error message seemed so technical that it didn't seem possible it could have resulted from a fingerprint on a disc. Yes, I know, I am a hopelessly non-awesome tard.
minonda:
Quote from: Spotty on 2009 August 01, 04:13:07
Minonda, a "cyclic redundancy check" error means your computer was unable to verifiably read information off of an optical disk. This will have nothing to do with your hard disk drive, but could be your optical disc drive. The first thing to check is always whether the CD/DVD is scratched, scuffed, or dirty. If it's not, it's likely the drive, which is neither surprising, since modern optical drives seem for me to have a shelf life of about a year if they're in use, nor a big deal, since a new one doesn't cost much more than a case of beer.
Spotty, thanks, I did finally discover that and cleaned the disk. I have finally realized that before running to MATY for help, I should just google for answers. I know so little about the technical aspects of using a computer that error messages often sound to me like they are describing a huge crisis when sometimes all they mean is, clean your disk.
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